samba - Feb 2011 - Working simultaneously with the same user account

I would like to  authenticate several desktops with the samba server 
using the same user name and password. Is it possible for 5 desktops to 
work simultaneously using the same user name and password in the same 
share on the samba server? Are there any downsides or possible problems 
with this approach? Permissions are inheritable and based on groups:


# mkdir /media/test
# chmod -R 770 /media/test
# chmod g+s /media/test
# chown -R root:users /media/test

# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name = TESTSERVER
security = user

[test]
path = /media/test
read only = No
store dos attributes = yes
inherit permissions = yes

Are users logging into the PC with this one account? Or are they logging 
into PC's with unique accounts?  Are they accessing other shares besides 
this one?  If this is the only share, it shouldn't be a problem 
(technically.)





On 02/28/2011 11:40 AM, Aniruddha wrote:
> I would like to  authenticate several desktops with the samba server 
> using the same user name and password. Is it possible for 5 desktops 
> to work simultaneously using the same user name and password in the 
> same share on the samba server? Are there any downsides or possible 
> problems with this approach? Permissions are inheritable and based on 
> groups:
>
>
> # mkdir /media/test
> # chmod -R 770 /media/test
> # chmod g+s /media/test
> # chown -R root:users /media/test
>
> # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
> [global]
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> netbios name = TESTSERVER
> security = user
>
> [test]
> path = /media/test
> read only = No
> store dos attributes = yes
> inherit permissions = yes
>